Legal parenthood and continued parent-child relationships—the moral and experiential aspects of parenting

Adoption Quarterly

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 39-69

  Mass, Mili ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Child protection; Compulsory adoption; Confidential adoption; Legal parenthood; Open adoption; Parent child relationships; Parental responsibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937184076     PISSN: 10926755     EISSN: 1544452X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J145v02n03_04     Document Type: Article

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